House
File
421
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
421
BY
KAUFMANN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
performance
of
radon
testing,
and
1
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
2275YH
(2)
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rn/nh
H.F.
421
Section
1.
Section
136B.5,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
136B.5
Penalty
Penalties
for
violation.
3
a.
A
person
who
violates
a
provision
of
this
chapter
is
4
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
5
b.
A
person
who
intentionally
or
negligently
misrepresents
6
the
capabilities
of
a
device
for
detecting
and
measuring
radon
7
gas
or
radon
progeny,
or
the
results
of
a
test
for
the
presence
8
of
radon
gas
or
radon
progeny,
or
who
for
compensation
performs
9
a
test
for
the
presence
of
radon
gas
or
radon
progeny
without
10
an
objective
basis
for
believing
the
test
will
reduce
the
11
presence
of
radon
gas
or
radon
progeny,
commits
a
consumer
12
fraud
under
section
714.16.
13
EXPLANATION
14
This
bill
relates
to
the
performance
of
radon
testing.
The
15
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
intentionally
or
negligently
16
misrepresents
the
capabilities
of
a
device
for
detecting
and
17
measuring
radon
gas
or
radon
progeny,
or
the
results
of
a
test
18
for
the
presence
of
radon
gas
or
radon
progeny,
or
who
for
19
compensation
performs
a
test
without
an
objective
basis
for
20
believing
the
test
will
reduce
the
presence
of
radon
gas
or
21
radon
progeny,
commits
a
consumer
fraud
under
section
714.16.
22
A
violation
of
Code
section
714.16
is
punishable
by
imposition
23
of
a
civil
penalty
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
$40,000
per
24
violation,
and
in
addition
a
civil
penalty
of
not
more
than
25
$5,000
for
each
day
of
intentional
violation
of
a
temporary
26
restraining
order,
preliminary
injunction,
or
permanent
27
injunction.
28
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